Elven Society

High city: Seelthyr, known to Men, Dwarves, and Orcs as Thyr. It is located vaguely northwest of the valley, deep in the magic forest outside the barrier.

Elven society is idyllic and insular, free from the horrors of other societies. Hunger, poverty, and pain do not exist there - the worst that happens is grievous wounds or deaths by freak accidents, e.g. broken bones or animal attacks, though these are rare. The Elves are isolated, and most cannot fathom anything other than true peace.

Elven territory is protected by rangers known as Grievers, who insulate the main population from the real world. Bladesingers are the best of them, an elite force who dance with their swords as others would dance in the great halls of the Etharch's palace. The Grievers' profession is usually relatively short-lived, as the elves cannot sustain a such a lifestyle without going mad or dying of grief.

There are other towns around, whose occupants are often more grief-stricken than the citizens of Seelthyr. Many of these elves join the Grievers, to protect their kind from the fate that has befallen them.

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